WSU Faculty Senate Agenda October 3, 2019

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE

The Faculty Senate will meet Thursday, October 3, 2019 in FSHN T101, Spokane SCRS 222, Tri-Cities TEST 228 and Vancouver VUB 311 at 3:30 p.m.

Zoom information for off-campus senators

If you are on the Pullman campus, please attend the meeting in person.

Zoom Meeting ID 926 363 613

AGENDA

1. Call to Order.
2. Approval of Minutes of  September 19, 2019 Meeting (Exhibit A)
3.  Announcements.
   1. Information Items.
      1. Faculty Senate Officers met jointly with the president and provost on September 24, and September 30, 2019
      2. Minor Change Bulletin #2 (Exhibit B)
      3. Amended Senate Meeting Dates 2019-2020 (Exhibit C)
      4. BPPM 10.37dr7C– Open Public Meeting Act Requirements
      5. The Graduate Studies Committee has approved new program bylaws: Athletic Training and these are available on the department’s website  Memo  Bylaws  
      6. New webpage to track Faculty Manual edits/changes
   2. Reports.
      1. Remarks by the Chair – Greg Crouch
      2. Remarks by President Schulz
4. Additions or Changes to the Agenda.
5. Agenda Items.
   1. Action Items.
      1. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve Graduate Major Change Bulletin #1 (Exhibit L) Dimitrov/U.Uchila APPROVED
      2. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the Certificate in Bioinformatics (Exhibits M   M1 ) Dimitrov/U.Uchila APPROVED
      3. Recommendation from Faculty Affairs to approve the revision to the Faculty Manual on Changes to the Faculty Manual in Section IV I: Use of Faculty Authored, Edited Or Prepared Scholarly Material
         (Exhibits O    O1     O2) – S. Hines APPROVED
      4. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the UCORE Bulletin #1 (Exhibits P) – K.Hildenbrand APPROVED
      5. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve Revision to Rule 82 religious observances (Exhibits Q) – K.Hildenbrand APPROVED
      6. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the revision to Rules 38, 106, 111 and to eliminate Rule 42 new terminology “admission to the major” (Exhibit R) K.Hildenbrand APPROVED
      7. Recommendation from Professional Health Science Committee to approve the ESFCOM for Future Academic Calendar Dates (Exhibits S   S1) J. Mattoon APPROVED
      8. Recommendation from Professional Health Science Committee to approve the revision to Rule 119 on official certificates (Exhibit T) J. Mattoon APPROVED
      9. Recommendation from Steering Committee to approve the Faculty Senate Committees (Exhibit U ) APPROVED
      10. Recommendation from Steering Committee to approve the revision to the Faculty Senate Constitution to allow the WSU Everett Faculty Senate representation (Exhibit V ) APPROVED
   2. Discussion Items.
      1. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the Graduate Certificate in Applied Educational Research Methods (Exhibits W   W1) – A.Dimitrov/U.Uchila
      2. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Under Graduate Major Change Bulletin #2 (Exhibits X    X1) – K.Hildenbrand
      3. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve Revision to Rule 100, The Grade Point System (Exhibit Y ) – K.Hildenbrand
      4. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the revision to Rule 54, Undergraduate Minors and Additional Majors (Exhibit Z) K.Hildenbrand
      5. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Academic Calendar for 2025-2030 (Exhibit D ) K.Hildenbrand
      6. Recommendation from Faculty Affairs to approve the revision to the Faculty Manual
         ( Exhibits E   E1 /red-line    E2  /clean version    E3-/summary of changes) – S. Hines
6. Constituents’ Concerns.
7. Adjournment.